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Eugene Sullivan
PYREX® Brand Cookware
Eugene C. Sullivan left the U.S. Geological Survey and came to Corning where he founded the Corning Glass Works' research lab in 1908. With degrees…
S. Donald Stookey
Glass Ceramics
Donald Stookey invented glass ceramics, materials that embodied important advances in glass technology and led to the popular CorningWare line of…
J. Franklin Hyde
Transparent Silica
J. Franklin Hyde was with Corning Glass when he discovered a way to create a pure glass called fused silica. He was also a forerunner in developing…
Pushkar Tandon
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Chemical engineer Pushkar Tandon is one-third of the Corning Incorporated research team that developed ClearCurve® optical fiber, a bend-insensitive…
Ming-Jun Li
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
In 2004, experiments with new types of optical fiber led Corning Incorporated researchers Ming-Jun Li, Dana Bookbinder and Pushkar Tandon to develop…
Dale Kleist
Fiberglass
An accidental discovery made by Dale Kleist was the crucial breakthrough needed for manufacturing insulation-quality glass fibers in commercial…
Rodney D. Bagley
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Rodney Bagley was on the Corning team that created the ceramic substrate inside catalytic converters. His work was instrumental in allowing the…
Irwin M. Lachman
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Working at Corning, Irwin Lachman co-invented the ceramic substrate found in virtually all catalytic converters. Catalytic converters provide cleaner…
Robert D. Maurer
Optical Fiber
Corning Glass researchers Robert D. Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz developed fiber-optic wire, capable of carrying thousands of times more…
Dana Bookbinder
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Corning Incorporated researchers Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented and developed the bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical…
John H. Thomas
Fiberglass
Jack Thomas, Dale Kleist, and Games Slayter invented the process for making glass fiber insulation in commercial quantities. Fiberglass insulation is…
Games Slayter
Fiberglass
In the 1930s, Games Slayter, the driving force behind Owens Corning technology and innovation, envisioned a glass fiber material that was lighter and…
Donald B. Keck
Optical Fiber
Donald B. Keck worked with Robert Maurer and Peter Schultz at Corning Laboratories to create the first successful optical fiber in 1970. In the 1880s…
Ronald M. Lewis
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Ronald Lewis is co-inventor of the ceramic substrate found in catalytic converters, the device used on cars to reduce pollutants into harmless…
Peter C. Schultz
Optical Fiber
Fiber optics have become an integral part of our world since Peter C. Schultz, Robert Maurer, and Donald Keck found a way to produce an efficient…